Alibaba.com vs Temu

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Temu scores 83 and Alibaba.com 70, so Temu is 13 points ahead.

70of 100

Alibaba.comcom.alibaba.intl.android.apps.poseidon

version 26.34.0

83of 100

Temucom.einnovation.temu

version 4.90.0 ahead by 13

Who is ahead on what

The longer bar is the better one on every axis; a score is the mean of its six axes. The arithmetic behind each is on the app's own card.

Axes: Temu leads on 3 axes, Alibaba.com on none; 3 axes are level.
Trackers: Alibaba.com carries 4 trackers, Temu 4 trackers.
Dangerous permissions: Alibaba.com may ask for 6 permissions, Temu for 2 permissions.

The six axes

Each axis is one short rule applied to both apps, with the one thing that decided its number underneath.

Security level

Alibaba.com 100 No security problem found.

Temu 100 No security problem found.

Tracking level

Alibaba.com 44 4 tracking tools found.

Temu 44 4 tracking tools found.

Build hygiene Temu +10

Alibaba.com 69 The app passes 9 of 13 checks of how well it was built.

Temu 79 The app passes 11 of 14 checks of how well it was built.

Packaging level

Alibaba.com 100 Unpacked, the base APK is 61 MB; 114 KB of it is unused files.

Temu 100 The phone can use everything in the app.

Access Temu +50

Alibaba.com 28 Asks for 6 of 11 kinds of permission; 2 kinds of special access.

Temu 78 Asks for 2 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.

Background Temu +16

Alibaba.com 78 Runs no background service, but starts by itself after a restart.

Temu 94 Runs no background service and does not start by itself.

TrackersAlibaba.com 4 · Temu 4

The advertising, analytics and attribution SDKs recognised in each app. What only one of them carries is what sets it apart.

Only in Alibaba.com

Facebook Share

In both

Facebook SDKFirebase AnalyticsGoogle AdMob

Only in Temu

Adjust

Dangerous permissionsAlibaba.com 6 · Temu 2

The permissions Android asks the user about at run time: the camera, the microphone, the location, the contacts and the like. An app may need one for what it does; asking is not the same as using.

Only in Alibaba.com

CAMERAREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGERECORD_AUDIOWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

In both

ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

Only in Temu

none

Where this comes from

Both are the apps' public cards: what anyone may know of an app, from its newest public version - one Google Play installed, and out in the world. Each card has the score's lines and the earlier versions: Alibaba.com, Temu.